Joe Biden, a man of the people?
On November 3rd, the 2020 US election will decide on the next president: emotions and reactions live from election night.
Senator, Former Vice President, and Trump Challenger:
Joe Biden
* is a
presidential candidate
.
In the
2020 US election
* he will either declare himself the winner or admit defeat.
We follow his movements on election night here in the
news ticker
.
Update from November 4, 4 a.m.:
There is still uncertainty about the outcome of the
2020 US election
.
In Ohio it initially looked as if the Democrat
Joe Biden
would do
better than expected, in Florida the signs were more towards a victory for
Donald Trump
.
In polls, the candidates in both states were close together.
While Donald Trump followed the events on
election night
with his family and his team in the White House,
Joe Biden
had retired
with his family to his home.
From there, the challenger to the incumbent
US president
still
encourages
his followers to
vote
on
.
Due to the time
difference, voting is still available
in some
states
.
“Stay in line!” The
challenger
motivated
his followers via Twitter.
Because of the
corona pandemic
, it is difficult this year to assess the counting status during election night.
Many Biden supporters had declared that they wanted to vote by postal vote.
President Trump's voters were more likely to vote on election day.
The states have different methods of counting which votes and when, so that large swings are possible during election night.
2020 US election: who will be the new US President?
Joe Biden spends evenings with the family
Update from November 3, 11:05 p.m.:
While
Donald Trump is
mostly in the
White House
that day
,
Biden
speaks
in the contested
state of Pennsylvania
.
He also visited the house in his hometown of Scranton, where he spent the first years of his life.
In the afternoon (local time), Biden announced that he would spend the rest of the evening at home with his family.
It is still not clear whether the challenger to US President Donald Trump will give
a speech that night
in the event of a
defeat
.
Biden has already achieved a small success for himself, even if most of the
polling stations
only close in a few hours.
Because already at the beginning of the day the result of a place was available - and everyone voted unanimously for Joe Biden.
In Dixville Notch,
New Hampshire
, the five residents eligible to vote cast their votes shortly after midnight (local time).
Even if these votes will not ultimately determine the outcome of the US election,
Joe Biden
should definitely be happy.
2020 US election: Joe Biden speaks in the embattled state of Pennsylvania
Update from November 3rd, 9:32 pm:
The Democratic presidential candidate
,
Joe Biden
,
spoke
to supporters in
Philadelphia
and once again encouraged them: “We choose hope instead of fear.
We choose the truth over lies.
We choose science over fiction, ”
Biden
shouted
through a megaphone to a
few dozen people in the metropolis in the embattled state of
Pennsylvania
.
"I promise you, I will never break my words to you."
Update from November 3, 4:22 p.m.: Joe Biden
started
election day
with a visit to the church and the grave of his late son
Beau
.
The
Associated Press
reports
.
Biden,
his wife
Jill,
and granddaughters Finnegan and Natalie made an early morning stop at
St. Joseph's on the Brandywine
Church
in Delaware.
Biden's son Beau died in 2015 of complications from a brain tumor.
Afterwards Biden is
expected
in his hometown
Scranton
and in
Philadelphia
.
He wants to meet voters in both cities.
Pennsylvania
is an important
swing state
and plays a central role on the road to the
White House
.
Both cities have both strategic and symbolic importance: In
Philadelphia
, Biden wants to mobilize black voters in particular; he had repeatedly mentioned his youth in the working-class town of Scranton in the course of the election campaign.
In Scranton, Biden also visited the house where he grew up.
Here he wrote on the wall: "From this house to the White House, with God's favor".
NEW: A picture from Scranton.
Joe Biden just signed this on the living room wall in his childhood home here.
For context, he did this in the bedroom during the 2008 race.
@axios pic.twitter.com/R9sKjG6Ktv
- Alexi McCammond (@alexi) November 3, 2020
US election 2020: Joe Biden with first mini success
Update from November 3, 2020, 12:20 p.m.:
The
Democrat Joe Biden
wants to become the next
US President
.
Donald Trump's
challenger
can already record his first success in the 2020 US election.
He won the vote in the village of
Dixville Notch,
which traditionally is the first to vote, with 5 to 0 votes.
2020 US election: Joe Biden in the highest office in the US?
Emotions and reactions of the presidential candidate
First report from October 21, 2020:
Munich / Washington, DC - The
election of the president
on November 03, 2020 will not only determine the
future of the USA
.
The date is also making waves internationally.
One of the candidates is
Joe Biden
, former vice president of the country and the beacon of hope for many Americans.
Here you can find out on election evening how the candidate reacts to the current status of the presidential election and who will be the next US president.
You will find the full range of news on the day of the US election 2020 in our live ticker, as well as the continuously updated results of the presidential and congressional elections.
You can also find projections, interim results and the current status of the candidates with us.
Joe Biden in the 2020 US election - that's what the former Vice President stands for
Joe Biden likes to pretend to be the
man of the people
in preparation for the 2020 US election
- he reacts to praise and criticism with emotional and understanding.
Nevertheless, unlike Donald Trump *, he is seen as balanced and pragmatic.
The topics of his
election campaign
concern, on the one hand, the fight against racism and discrimination.
On the other hand, the current approach to the
corona pandemic
in the USA * is repeatedly discussed and severely criticized by Biden.
“And what is he doing?
Nothing, ”said the Democratic Party * presidential candidate in a
TV duel
about the incumbent US president.
It's time we see each other as fellow Americans who live in - and love - the United States of America.
pic.twitter.com/xawem14X61
- Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 21, 2020
The following topics were covered by Joe Biden during the election campaign:
Tax policy in favor of workers
Measures against racism and discrimination
Expansion of the US healthcare system
Expansion and strengthening of women's rights
Biden's way in and out of the corona pandemic
2020 US election: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris aim to lead America into a better future
From 2009 to 2017,
Joe Biden was
the
vice president
at Barack Obama's side.
Together they realized a heart project: the expansion of the health system in the USA.
In addition, the
2020 presidential
candidate
caused an uproar near the end of his first term as he advocated nationwide gay marriages.
He was also supported by Obama.
+
A picture of unity: In 2016, then US President Barack Obama (l) shook hands with Vice President Joe Biden.
The two represented many common interests.
© Michael Reynolds / EPA / dpa
In the course of his election campaign, Joe Biden announced that
Kamala Harris
*
would take over
the position of
vice president
if he won the election
.
In the
2020 US election, the
two
will
mainly face Donald Trump and Mike Pence - and had to take a lot during the campaign phase.
Joe Biden versus Donald Trump: impressions of the 2020 US election
"The Biden family is a criminal company," said Trump during a campaign appearance.
As was to be expected, the president is not giving his opponents good hair.
Several times he not only attacks the politicians themselves, but also
Biden's family
, among others
.
But Biden also pointed out Trump's mistakes from the start.
Speaking at Philadelphia City Hall in mid-2020,
Presidential candidate Joe Biden
said, "His narcissism has become more important than the nation he leads." He continued, "This President today is part of the problem and he's accelerating it."
We also track the steps taken by US President Trump on the day of the US election in a separate ticker.
(jey) * Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
List of rubric lists: © Michael Reynolds / EPA / dpa